ditzy

Also dit·sy

[dit-see]

adjective

Slang.

ditzier, ditziest 

1. flighty and easily confused; mildly or harmlessly eccentric.

ditzy

/ ˈdɪtsɪ /

adjective

1. slang,  silly and scatterbrained

Word History and Origins

Origin of ditzy¹

First recorded in 1970–75; expressive coinage, perhaps with elements of dizzy and dotty; -sy

Word History and Origins

Origin of ditzy¹

C20: perhaps from _dotty + _dizzy

Example Sentences

And yet in between the two films she gave as delightfully ditzy a performance as you’ll ever see in Mr. Allen’s futurist comedy “Sleeper.”

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Becoming an “American” wife, Butterfly exchanges her kimono for a Western dress and can act like a ditzy ‘30s starlet. The deeper characters in this production are her maid, Suzuki, and Sharpless, the American consul. In these roles, Hyona Kim brings a gripping intensity that grounds Butterfly, while Michael Sumuel proves a brilliantly caring foil to Pinkerton‘s superficiality.

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She starred in six seasons of “Saturday Night Live” from 1986 to 1992, where she leaned into her ditzy blond shtick, ukulele playing and childhood gymnastics training for bits on “Weekend Update,” and she did impressions of Sally Struthers and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

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Previously known for: “Designing Women,” playing ditzy office manager Charlene.

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Take it from Sheila Carrasco, who plays ditzy hippie Flower: “I used to work four to five different part-time jobs at a time, so if I ever got fired from one of them for calling in sick to go to an audition, I would still make rent that month. Now, I wake up and pinch myself almost every day … and I get weekends off!”

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Related Words

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• dopey 
• flaky 
• foolish 
• idiotic 
• kooky 
• nutty 
• stupid 
• wacky 
• weird